Billy Lee completes 112/1 treble aboard Truth Be Told Billy Lee was seen to great effect when completing a 112/1 treble aboard Truth Be Told in the Leopardstown Golf, Padel, Range Handicap. The Moyglare Stud homebred was having his first run since bought out of Dermot Weld’s yard for 35,000 guineas after winning at Thurles last October and was very patiently ridden by Lee. The Michael Grassick-trained gelding made steady headway between horses in the straight, leading close home to beat Kilcrea Rock by three-quarters of a length with Sonoran just a neck back in third. Grassick said of the 17/2 winner: “He’d been working well. I’d be good friends with Kris Weld and he recommended him, which is always a help. “I liked him watching his last couple of runs. He wasn’t long gelded then, when Dermot had him, and you could see on his last couple of runs that he was really starting to enjoy it. “Dermot obviously thought plenty of him, he was his Galway horse. “I just loved the way he won going away in Thurles, that’s why we bought him. “Luckily enough Ken (Campbell) was looking for a horse. I thought he’d fit the bill ideally, instead of buying a yearling I said we’d buy a fun horse. He looks like he’s going to be that anyway. “They went a nice gallop and you’re able to come off the pace here today, so it suited well. “All the gaps opened up, and he got a lovely run through them. He won well and hopefully he’s a bit of fun for Ken. “There might be something for him on Guineas weekend. “He won over a mile-and-a-half around Thurles, but that’s an easy mile-and-a-half. When he starts stepping up in class we’ll see how far he goes but he’s bred to stay. He’s closely related to Royal Diamond, who won an Irish Leger.” Lee was also on the mark earlier aboard stakes winners City Of Memphis and Catalina Delcarpio, both trained by Paddy Twomey. Quotes by Gary Carson
